gregory t. donovan Canaries in the Data Mine Understanding the Proprietary Design of Youth Environments 9789811572883 Palgrave Macmillan October 22, 2020 from the publisher: Canaries in the Data Mine offers an account of the lived experiences and cultural expectations of young people growing up in digital environments increasingly owned by others and designed for profit. At the book’s core is… Read more »
2/26 Friday 10 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. register fordham urban law journal spring symposium 2021 A Taxing War on Poverty: Opportunity Zones and the Promise of Investment and Economic Development Following the 2008 Great Recession, general economic uncertainty and anxiety enveloped the United States but was more acutely felt in specific pockets of the nation. Severely distressed areas across the country suffered from severe… Read more »
3/4 Thursday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. register fordham environmental law review symposium 2021 Urban Climate Change and the Law panel 1: cities and climate change Outlining roles played by the laws & policies of cities and other municipalities in addressing the unique calamities faced by urban populations. Extreme Weather Events Heat Island Effect panel 2: cities, climate justice, and the law Discussing the role of policymakers and… Read more »
Law and the New Urban Agenda in the Current Crisis October 6, 2020 — 8:30 a.m. ET Virtual / New York. In honor of the annual World Habitat Day, please join UN-Habitat and the Fordham Urban Law Center for an Urban Law Day Roundtable Discussion on October 6, 2020. Featuring a panel of urban legal scholars from around the world,… Read more »
STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY AND COMMMITMENT TO JUSTICE Institutionalized racism and violence against African Americans and other minorities have been part of our society for centuries. The brutal killing of George Floyd was one of many acts of violence against black lives, but it has created a tipping point, sparking protests nationwide, and, along with them, the recognition that our minds,… Read more »
order 20% Discount: code BSE20 from Nestor M. Davidson & Geeta Tewari — Dear Colleagues, The Urban Law Center’s newest volume, Law and the New Urban Agenda is available now. Given COVID-19’s impact on cities globally, it is more important than ever to highlight the significance of urban law and policy for students. This new book offers a constructive and… Read more »
AMPS Conference 2021 June 16–18, 2021 Virtual / New York. City Tech, CUNY call: The premise of this conference is that the city is a site of interconnected problems. No single issue dominates its needs. No single discipline has the answers to its questions. As a result, the range of issues we deal with is vast. Urban designers are developing… Read more »
